Blue Fingers by Cheryl Aylward Whitesel
In over 200 delightful short essays Bill captures the creativity and impact of engineers. He talks of their spectacular achievements - jets, satellites, skyscrapers, and fiber optics - but draws his deepest insights from the everyday, the quotidian. He finds beauty, elegance and meaning in Ferris wheels, Tupperware, Slinkys, mood rings, waterless urinals and Velcro. Delivered originally on public radio between 1999 and 2006, each essay is a small slice of the world created by engineers. The essays also illuminate and inform about the important topics of our day by showing how intertwined engineering and technology are with terrorism, security, intellectual property and our cultural legacy.
Whitesel, Cheryl Aylward: - Cheryl Whitesel is the author of REBEL: A TIBETAN ODYSSEY, published by HarperCollins Books for Children in 2001 to excellent reviews. She lives in Western Springs, IL.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780618381395 |
| ISBN 10 | 0618381392 |
| Title | Blue Fingers |
| Author | Cheryl Aylward Whitesel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Clarion Books |
| Year published | 2004-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 252 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (Middle School) 2007, Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) 2007, Short-listed for Great Stone Face Book Award 2005, Short-listed for Beehive Awards (Fiction) 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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